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Can your work on EB, eczema, psoriasis, skin cancer or other skin conditions contribute to developing a treatment pipeline to slow, stop and/or reverse EB? We will fund work to identify and select candidate repurposed drugs for clinical trials.

Can your research on eye/dental health, podiatry, skin care, nutrition or other relevant areas be translated into interventions that benefit patients? We will fund multidisciplinary translational research.

Are you researching the drivers of EB, the relationship between genes and proteins, the role of the immune system and the progression of cancer within EB? We will fund work to understand the causes of EB.

Are you building a strong community of highly trained, innovative researchers into EB or moving from another field into EB research? We will fund PhD students and career development fellowships.

DEBRA UK small grants call is open for UK and international applications on 01 February 2025 with a deadline of 31 March 2025.

DEBRA UK small grant awards of up to £15,000 are offered to national and international clinical or research scientists to support small pilot studies such as generation of preliminary data or feasibility studies which would not normally attract funding. The aim is to make larger follow up funding grants more competitive.

• 2023 success rate: 100%
• 2024 success rate: 17%

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Fight for Sight/DEBRA UK small grants call: TBC 2025.

We have partnered with Fight for Sight to offer a small grant up to £15,000 to UK clinical or research scientists to support vision loss related research in epidermolysis bullosa. This should be used to collect preliminary/pilot data to develop follow on applications. Researchers currently working in fields outside of vision research are welcome to apply.

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DEBRA UK project grant call is open on 1 February 2025 with a deadline of 31 March 2025.

DEBRA UK project grants of up to £200,000 for 2-3 years are offered to UK and international researchers through our research calls. Funding will be judged on relevance to EB, scientific merit and novelty. Applicants must demonstrate the potential benefit to EB patients in the research proposal. Only one application per grant call will be considered from each principal investigator.

• 2023 success rate: 28%
• 2024 success rate: 14%

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Action Medical Research for Children/DEBRA co-funded project grant call open 1 December 2024 with a deadline for outline applications of 11 February 2025.

Applications may be made by UK researchers for project grants of up to £200,000 and up to three years duration.

Apply for project grant funding from Action Medical Research.

DEBRA UK non-clinical PhD studentship call for UK and international applications is open on 1 February 2025 with a deadline of 31 March 2025.

Non-clinical DEBRA UK PhD studentships of up to £140,000 for four years (including consumables for the first 3.5 years only to allow a six month period for students to complete the write up of their thesis) will be available to UK researchers through our research calls. Funding will be judged on relevance to EB, scientific merit and novelty. Applicants must demonstrate the potential benefit to EB patients in the research proposal. Only one application per grant call will be considered from each principal investigator.

• 2023 success rate: 67%
• 2024 success rate: 75%

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MRC/DEBRA UK Clinical Research Training Fellowships call is open in 2025 (UK only)

PhD grant awards for 3-year projects to develop UK clinicians into EB researchers. The criteria will be the same as for project grants with the addition of quality of research environment and training for students. 

Application is through the MRC Website, where you can also find guidance on the application process. If you wish to discuss your proposed research area in advance of submission, please contact  Dr Sagair Hussain, Director of Research.

MRC/DEBRA UK Clinician Scientist Fellowship call is open in February 2025 with a deadline in April 2025 (UK only).

5 year awards for UK registered healthcare professionals to establish themselves as independent investigators to run their own group and develop their own research interest in EB. The aim is to create future leaders in the EB field. In partnership with the Medical Research Council (MRC).

Application is through the MRC Website where you can also find guidance on the application process.

MRC/DEBRA UK Career Development Awards call is open in January 2025 with a deadline in April 2025 (UK only)

5 year awards to support UK post-doctoral researchers at early and intermediate stages of their career to establish themselves as independent investigators to run their own group and develop their own research interest in EB. The aim is to create future leaders in the EB field. In partnership with the Medical Research Council (MRC).

Application is through the MRC Website, where you can also find guidance on the application process.

If you wish to discuss your proposed research area in advance of submission, please contact Dr Sagair Hussain, Director of Research.